In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time.

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

The magic doesn't come from within the director's mind, it comes from within the heart of the actors. 

Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind?

Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.

Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.

I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.

I totally disagree with the view that the Tibet struggle will die, and there will be no hope for Tibet, after the Dalai Lama passed away.

When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need.'

 Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas. 

My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college.

Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion. This is not a function of any other art.